Ice-card holder.



No. 885,282. PATENTED APR. 21, 1908. A. D. PEEPLES. ICE CARD HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED 00121, 1907.

v To all whom it may concern:

ANNA D. PEEPLES, ()l" KANSAS ("1'lY,l\llSSOl Rl.

ICE-CARD Specification of Letters Patent.

HOLDER.

Patented April 21, 1908.

Application filed October 1, 1907. Serial No. 395,398.

Be it known that I, ANNA D. PEEPLES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and i useful Improvements in Ice-Card Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ice card holders, and my object is to roduce a device of this character whereby t 1e housekeeper may in dicate to the passing iceman that ice is desired and in what quantity, and thus avoid the annoyance of compelling the housekeeper to watch for the iceman to notify him how much ice is desired, or the necessity of the iceman entering to find out how much ice is desired.

A further object is to produce a simple, strong, durable and cheap device for the purpose outlined.

To these ends the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1, is a perspective View of a portion of a post equipped with an ice card and holding device embodying my invention. Fig. 2, is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line 11-11 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is an enlar ed vertical section taken on the dotted line III of Fig. 1.

In the said drawing, 1 indicates a plate secured by screws 2 or other fastening devices to a post or other part of a buildin and said plate is provided with an outward y pro jectmg circular boss 3, disposed by preference about midway its length and above its horizontal center.

A piece of wire is referably bent to form a finger 4 and paralle arms 5, terminating in spring coils 6, the arms 5 being preferably bent near the pointer, inward as at 6, and near the coils said arms are also bent inward I as at 7. The Wire frame thus constructed is fitted against plate 1 with its arms 5 upright and disposed at op osite sides of and equal distances from the oes 3, the coils -6 bearing against the lower portion of the plate and terminating in hooks 8 which extend u wardly through holes 9 in the plate to hoiil them securely to the latter, there being no l having an outwardly chance of dislocation of the spring frame after l port.

An ordinary ice card may be employed 'ltll this holder by slipping it between the spring frame above the COIlS and plate 1 and the post or support, the pressure of the pro: jections 6 and 7 holding the card in place. I

prefer'however, to use a card 10, provided i the plate is screwed to the post or other supwith a hole 11 near its lower ed e to fit pivotally on boss 3 and provided with numbers indicative of different weights of ice, arranged concentrically with respect to said hole, so that the card can be turned on the pivotal boss 3 until the index finger 4, of the spring frame points to the character representative of the number of pounds of ice which the housekeeper-desires so that there will be no necessity of waiting for the iceman or for the latter to go to the trouble of inquiring how much ice is desired.

The holder not only indicates on the card the number of pounds of ice desired but also holds said card reliably in place by having its projections 6 press the card against thepost and its rojcctions 7 disposed contiguous to the card so as to revent the latter becoming dislodged from t 10 boss 3. The card is ad- I justed with respect to the index finger by simply grasping it and swinging it pivotally one way or the other.

From the above description it will be aparent that I have produced an ice card holder possessing the features of advantage enumerated as desirable and I wish it to be understood that except as required by the scope of the ap ended claims, 1 do not desire to be restricted to the exact details of construction shown and described as obvious modifications will occur to one skilled in the art.

Having thus described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. An ice card holder comprising a late and a spring frame rojecting beyom one edge or side of the p ate and embodying a wire bent to form a pair of arms having bent portions 6, a finger 4 at one end of said arms and coil springs at the opposite ends of the arms; the spring-equi ped ends of the arms being secured to the p ate.

2. An ice card holder, comprising a plate rojecting boss, a

spring frame secured to t 1e plate at one side of the boss and rojecting beyond the edge tached'at such ends to the late, and a card i of the plate at t e opposite side of the boss having a hole to fit upon t e boss between and adapted at its end beyond the plate to the plate and the spring frame and provided 15 press against a card when the latter is pivoted with numbers arranged concentrically with on. the boss. I res ect to said hole and ada ted to register 3. The combination with a suitable supwit the outer orfree end of t e spring frame. port, of a plate secured thereto, and provided In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, with an outwardly projecting boss near its in the presence of two witnesses. upper edge, a spring frame comprising a pair I ANNA D. PEEPLES.

of arms at opposite sides of the boss con- Witnesses:

nected at their outer or-free ends and termi- H. C. RODGERS, nating at the opposite ends in coils and at- G. Y. THORPE. 

